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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 08 2014 at 15:39
I've never met a person who doesn't admire Gilmour's guitaring . I've met plenty who don't know who Gilmour's is , but those who do, love his style.
Phil Mercy (Thieves' Kitchen) and Chris Fry (Magenta) need mentions.....
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 08 2014 at 19:42
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

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Sad bunch of posts, that shows how much we DON'T listen to other musics and how people use an electric guitar.  There is so much more music out there and guitar work, that is exceptional, that no one will give it a shot or chance.
 
As a protest, I won't bother listing mine!

Speak for yourself. As an avid fan of classical, jazz, AND progressive rock, I couldn't help but laugh at your post. This thread was created to post about YOUR FAVORITE guitarist and whether one is being all-inclusive or they're simply sticking to progressive rock or jazz fusion guitarists doesn't mean that these people don't know about other music and the guitarists that play this other music.

Leave a list, don't leave a list, that's your prerogative, but don't include anyone else in your post and just worry about your own likes and dislikes. You certainly speak for no one but yourself.


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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,
 
Sad bunch of posts, that shows how much we DON'T listen to other musics and how people use an electric guitar.  There is so much more music out there and guitar work, that is exceptional, that no one will give it a shot or chance.
 
As a protest, I won't bother listing mine!

Speak for yourself. As an avid fan of classical, jazz, AND progressive rock, I couldn't help but laugh at your post. This thread was created to post about YOUR FAVORITE guitarist and whether one is being all-inclusive or they're simply sticking to progressive rock or jazz fusion guitarists doesn't mean that these people don't know about other music and the guitarists that play this other music.

Leave a list, don't leave a list, that's your prerogative, but don't include anyone else in your post and just worry about your own likes and dislikes. You certainly speak for no one but yourself.

Yes, the original poster asked for our 10 favorite guitarists, not 10 we believed to be the greatest, most influential or most innovative. If that were the case, I would have offered a different set of guitarists. As for the favorites I listed, I could have easily added another 10 and been comfortable with all the choices.

But a thing I didn't do was disparage other people's choices, because that would be asinine. 
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Moshkito likes to throw his toys out of his pram occasionally. His post did make me think though and its interesting that no one has included Carlos Santana in their list. 
I also find that there are a lot of guitarists that are part of bands that I simply don't know the names. For instance does anyone know the guitarist in Coheed and Cambria? Superb player but I've not got a clue who he is. At the end of the day its about enjoying music isn't it? and not about being able to post the perfect list showing what a clever or knowledgeable person you are. If it helps I don't make any claims on my behalf for eitherTongue


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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

His post did make me think though and its interesting that no one has included Carlos Santana in their list.


I should have but I fired off my post a bit quickly.

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

For instance does anyone know the guitarist in Coheed and Cambria? Superb player but I've not got a clue who he is.


I used to listen to CoCa a few years back. He's good but guys like Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) and Adam Jones (TOOL) are better, IMO.
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Radomir Mihajlović - Točak
Robert Fripp
David Torn
Terje Rypdal
Bill Frissel
Ralph Towner
Steve Hackett
Joe Petrucci
Pete Townshend
Dušan Jevtović
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Points: 26151 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2014 at 16:41
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

His post did make me think though and its interesting that no one has included Carlos Santana in their list.


I should have but I fired off my post a bit quickly.

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

For instance does anyone know the guitarist in Coheed and Cambria? Superb player but I've not got a clue who he is.


I used to listen to CoCa a few years back. He's good but guys like Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) and Adam Jones (TOOL) are better, IMO.

Bill Nelson is another that's been roundly overlooked. I love Be Bop Deluxe and he is that band pretty much. I think its a bit lazy to trot out the same old names and perhaps we've fallen into that trap all too easily.
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^ Bill Nelson would make my top 20, I reckon. Great guitarist. 
"Crying to the Sky" is kinda essential listening. 


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Gilmour
Latimer
Rothery
Nick Barrett
Terje Rypdal
Manuel Gottsching
Snowy White
Dave Bainbridge
John Lees
Hackett
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Andy Latimer
Dave Gilmour
Buck Dharma
Jon Preston Bouda
Mike Holmes
Richie Blackmore
Frank Bornemann
Steve Rothery
Frank Zappa
Brian Robertson

So many to chose from! Andy Latimer is the main man for me though!
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2014 at 00:07
Here is my list (in on particular order):

Steve Hackett
David Gilmour
Eric Johnson
Bill Frisell
Pat Metheny
Robert Fripp
Ben Monder
Terje Rypdal
Alex Lifeson
Steve Howe


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Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.

Robert Fripp

Jon Preston Bouda

Piotr Grudzinski

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Jonas Engdegård

Steve Hackett

Steve Howe

David Gilmour

Alex Lifeson

John Petrucci
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David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
Brian May
Jan Akkerman
Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson
Martin Barre
Jimmy Page
Dave Murray
Eddie Van Halen
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Points: 4339 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2014 at 18:29
Originally posted by Neo-Romantic Neo-Romantic wrote:

Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.

Robert Fripp

Jon Preston Bouda

Piotr Grudzinski

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Jonas Engdegård

Steve Hackett

Steve Howe

David Gilmour

Alex Lifeson

John Petrucci

Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of. Thumbs Up
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Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Joe Bonamassa
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Iommi
Buck Dharma (BOC)
Santana
Al DiMeola
David Gilmore
Steve Howe
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Pat Metheny
David Gilmour
Johnny Marr
Alex Lifeson
The Edge
Robert Fripp
Devin Townsend
Lindsey Buckingham
Jimmy Page
Roine Stolt
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Lead -
Hendrix
Steve Howe
Pete Townshend
Alvin Lee
Jan Akkerman

Bass -
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
John Entwistle
Bill Wyman
Roger Waters
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Robert Fripp
John McGeoch
Tom Verlaine
Robert Smith (the Cure)
Lester Square (the Monochrome Set)
Franco Mussida (PFM)
Zal Cleminson (SAHB)
Keith Levine (PIL)
Pete Townshend
Keith Richards

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David Gilmour
Andy Latimer
Alex Lifeson
Steve Hackett

got those four popular choices out of the way, and now:

Richard Thompson
Reine Fiske
Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
Steve Malkmus (Pavement, Jicks)
Justin Hayward
Terje Rypdal
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Originally posted by HemispheresOfXanadu HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:

Originally posted by Neo-Romantic Neo-Romantic wrote:

Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.

Robert Fripp

Jon Preston Bouda

Piotr Grudzinski

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Jonas Engdegård

Steve Hackett

Steve Howe

David Gilmour

Alex Lifeson

John Petrucci

Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of. Thumbs Up

Ha thank you! I really like his melodic approach to playing, particularly on Second Life Syndrome. He's the shining point on that album I always believed.
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